Torey Malatia

Torey Malatia (born August 1951) is an American journalist, radio producer, and public media manager.

[1] Until resigning on July 26, 2013,[2] he served as chief executive officer and president of the board of directors of Chicago Public Media and general manager of radio station WBEZ.

[5] Malatia began work as program director of WBEZ radio in Chicago, Illinois, in 1993[6] and in 1996 was promoted to station manager.

[9] After leaving KUOW Malatia worked as a talk show producer at WLS, a non-public (for-profit) radio station in Chicago.

[6] In 1996 Malatia became WBEZ's general manager and assumed the leadership of Chicago Public Media as chief executive officer and president of the board of directors.

[citation needed] In November 1995 journalist Ira Glass and Malatia began Your Radio Playhouse, a documentary and entertainment series on WBEZ.